Handle-fastening for bag-frames.



P. A. FULLER. HANDLE FASTENING FOR BAG FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.8, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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FRANZ A. FULLER, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. E. IVIERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HANDLE-FASTENING FOR BAG-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle- Fastenings for Bag-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bags and more particularly to hand bags, such as are commonly carried by women,the object being to provide a neat and durable connection between the ends of the handle and the bag frame, which connection will not be liable to separate when subjected to a severe strain, and one which will permit the handle to swing over and fold down into close proX- imity to the side of the body of the bag.

By means of this invention, connections which are simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture, can be connected to frames for bags and other articles in a neat and expeditious manner. v

A preferred construction of my invention, is set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the top of a bag to which my invention has been applied. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged sectional view taken on line m-00 of Fig. 1, illustrating the bag frame sections with the connection and loop secured thereto. Fig. 3 represents a similar longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the connection. Figs. 5 and 6 represent side and end elevations of the same. Fig. 7 represents the blank from which the connection is made before being shaped. Fig. 8 represents a plan view of a modified form of connection. Fig. 9 represents the blank from which the modified form shown in Fig. 8 is made; and Fig. 10 represents one end of the handle, the loop being shown attached thereto, preparatory to its insertion manner. This is the usual and ordinary method of securing the connection to the frame. This form of connection I find con venient for use on the frame sections lettered respectively a and (Z, as shown in Fig. 2, having a narrow cross-section. The connection b is preferably made of one piece of material. Suitable flat metal can be used to form the blank 6 shown in Fig. 7, and the tubular bearing or eye f can be formed thereon by a suitable punch and die requiring no special machinery. The swinging part of the connection consists of a loop 9, the ends it of which are secured to the eye or bearing f and the upper part of which receives the end 2' of the handle 7c.

The connection 6 is preferably made from the flat metal blank 6, having a shape as shown in Fig. 7 commensurate with the strength required to successfully support any use to which the bag is liable to be put, the parts of the blank 6 lettered respectively Z and at being bent up along the dotted lines indicated to form the eye or tubular bearing f; the parts lettered c, 0 being bent down to form the integral tongues c, o. This construction provides a longitudinal flat base and a longitudinal eye or bearing above the base, said base being secured to and lying in the longitudinal plane of the frame section 0;, by means of the tongues c, c. The loop 9 being secured in said bearing, it is free to swing laterally and permit the handle to drop into close proximity to the side of the bag.

The blank shown in Fig. 9 has extending from its longitudinal central portion a wing 0, provided on its inner edge with a tongue ;0 adapted to fit into and lock in the opening 9 formed in the wing at, the opening 9 being of the same dimensions as the tongue 39. The construction of the blank shown in Fig. 8 differs from that shown in the other figures in that the wings a and 0 are longer than the wings Z and m in the blank shown in Fig. 7 so that when bent up, the outer edges of the wings a and 0 will not meet in the center, as indicated in Fig. l, but will extend entirely over and engage with the opposite sides of the central portion. In the process of forming the blank into the shape illustrated in Fig. 8, the tongue 37 engages with the opening g, causing both sections of the bearing to be securely locked together.

In Fig. 10, I have shown the loop 9 seoured to one end of the handle 2', before the ends of the loop are inserted in the bearing f. After the ends it of the loop 9 are located in the ends of the bearing, the sides of the loop, by means of a suitable hand tool, are pressed together, causing the loop to assume the shape indicated in Fig. 3.

By the present construction, I am enabled first to securely rivet the connections to one of the frame members of the bag, then insert the loop 9, having the shape illustrated in Fig. 10, in the end of the handle 70, and then insert the ends it of the loop in the bearing f, and by means of a convenient hand tool, secure the same in the bearing.

The present invention provides a very efficient and exceedingly simple bag handle connection, the same being constructed of a single piece of metal, and in which the accidental spreading of the same and its separation from the base is prevented.

I am aware that changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the scope of my present invention; hence I do not wish to be limited to the arrangement and combination of the parts as herein shown and described, as obvious modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A handle connection for bag frames formed from a single blank of suitable material, comprising a flat base provided with upwardly extending longitudinally arranged sides, said sides being bent over the base to form a longitudinal bearing, and means extending downwardly from said base for securing the same to the bag frame.

2. A handle connection for bag frames formed from a single blank of suitable material, comprising a fiat base provided with upwardly extending longitudinally arranged sides, the marginal edges of which are brought together to form a longitudinal bearing, said base being further provided with integral tongues extending downwardly from the ends of said base for securing the same to the bag frame, and a loop secured in the ends of said bearing.

3. A handle connection for bag frames formed from a single blank of suitable material, comprising a base provided with oppositely arranged wings, one of said wings having a marginal aperture and the other wing having a marginal projection, said wings being bent over the base to form a longitudinal bearing, the projection on the one wing engaging with the aperture on the other wing to secure said wings together, and integral tongues extending downwardly from said base for securing the same to the bag frame.

This specification signed and witnessed this 31st day of January, 1911.

FRANZ A. FULLER.

IVitnesses:

FREDK. G. FIsoHnR, W. H. CONKLIN.

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